Parker's Price by Ann Bruce

Fourty Thousand dollars to Parker's charity is all it took to get her off to Dean Maxwell's private island. Well, actually it took a little more than that, but Dean was smooth and determined, this sexy alpha male who always got what he wanted no matter the cost wasn't going to let Parker's supposed grudge against him slow him down. In Ann Bruce's June 14th release from Carina Press, PARKER'S PRICE, Parker Quinn didn't know the name of the man she hated with all her night and the sexy, denier man in front of her were one in the same until it was too late. Her body pulled towards him and Dean felt the same, the magnetism between the two was undeniable and hot,hot, hot.
Putting her hate aside, how can this be the man who wanted her sister to abort their baby. The man who denied that he had a child and left her poor sister in the leerch to raise their beautiful baby on her own???? Is couldn't be, could it.
Parker didn't want to believe it, with every touch from Dean they grew closer and her heart was starting to get so attached to him she was struggling with her inner demons. What would her sister say when she found out she was away with him? Not to mention the connection Dean and Parker have built, all her insecurities are being exposed with this devilish man.
But not everything is at it seems and Parker realized that she soon will have to fight her own vulnerabilities if she wants to be with Dean, he loves her, she knows deep down. But her fear that he will leave her is all consuming for her.
Family secrets, lies, shame, a stalker and a jealous ex, all these come to a head just while Dean and Parker are trying to find their way in to each other's hearts.
She has always had to be so strong, her for mom, her sister, her company, sometimes a girl just has to let go and let the man she loves take care of her. With Dean, he was so romantic and he knew what he wanted.... Parker. Out to prove his innocence to her with her sister and move on with their lives he steps over Parker's boundaries a little and tries so hard to protect her that he just might lose her in the end. Erotic and sexy, this story was absolutely deliciously sinful with every word, carrying the reader away with this entertaining plot and emotional love story. If you are in the mood for a sinfully sexy man who will stop at nothing to get the heart of the woman who holds his heart, smokin hot love scenes that will make you blush and an intriguing plot twist that will keep you guessing, this is the perfect read for you!

She was sexy, smart...and for sale.

When Parker Quinn is forced to accept an outrageously high bid at a charity auction, she has no choice but to go out with the last man on earth she wants to spend time with. Dean Maxwell may be one of Manhattan's most eligible bachelors, but he's also the man who had an affair with her sister and abandoned her when she became pregnant with his child...

Dean doesn't know why Parker hates him so much, but he's determined to show Parker the type of man he really is. Whisking her away to a private island in the Bahamas for a sensual, sun-drenched week together, Dean leaves Parker's preconceptions shattered and her desires inflamed.

But even as their passion reaches irresistible heights, Parker has a decision to make. Can she allow herself to fall for the seductive magnate, or will family secrets and a dangerous ex tear them apart?

eISBN: 9781426890130
Publisher: Carina Press
Pub Date: Jun 14, 2010